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Psalms 38:12 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Psalms 38:12 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Psalms chapter 38 verse 12 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.”
Psalms 38:12 (KJV)
Commentary on Psalms 38:12
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. Isolation (v.11) escalates to active hostility—enemies seek my life (בָּקַשׁ נֶפֶשׁ, baqash nephesh, hunt the soul), lay snares (נָקַשׁ מוֹקֵשׁ, naqash moqesh, set traps), speak mischievous things (הַוּוֹת, havvot, calamities/ruin), and imagine deceits (מִרְמוֹת, mirmot, treacheries).David's weakness emboldens adversaries. The hunter imagery (snares, traps) depicts calculated malice. The progression: physical speech ('speak') → mental scheming ('imagin...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Psalms 38:12
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“Let me now choose out twelve thousand men”
“but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.”
“they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.”
“Be gone”
“from the traps of the workers of iniquity.”
“from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;”
“but they feared the people--for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.”
“Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.”
“yet I haven't gone astray from your precepts.”
“For strangers are risen up against me”